Bride of Seventeen and a Fortune Stolen in Germany
A seventeen year old bride, Katherine Eakles, ends her honeymoon in Cincinnati as her husband absconds with her fortune of 2590 dollars and most of her trousseau after marrying in Germany. Adelaïde Neilson, famed Juliet impersonator, dies suddenly in Paris amid suspicious circumstances possibly prompting a police inquiry. The Georgia governor’s chief justice candidate resigns for private reasons, while editorials discuss local political shifts and upcoming newspaper expansion.
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Katherine Eakles
Cincinnati
Germany
Trousseau
Adelaide Neilson
Juliet
Paris
Oratory at Athens on Liberty and Independentism
Honored speaker emphasizes free ballots and fair campaigning in a tense political scene. He denounces convention politics and defends direct appeals to voters while praising the work of laboring citizens and the democratic ideal of self government. The address weaves personal loyalty to supporters with warnings about factional manipulation.
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God
Tam
Cai
Winfield S. Hancock
Coneat
Ben Hill
Forsyth
Mr. Belldo
Hill
Mr. Hill
Estes
Capt. Barrow
Bell
H. H. Carlton
Dr. Carlton
Carlton
Col. Billups
Mr. Speer
Thermogylae
Free
America
Georgia Voters Choose Between Colquitt and Norwood
Editorial endorses Thomas M. Norwood for Georgia governor over Alfred H. Colquitt, arguing Norwood avoids personal electioneering and would bring stability. It recalls past choices and warns against a repeat of political scandal, urging readers to support Norwood as the responsible choice.
Cox Leads in Fourth District Deliberations on Delegates
In early returns Cox holds fifteen votes, Persons eleven, and Smith six from reported counties as the Columbus Enquirer notes the convention totals thirty eight votes with two thirds near twenty five and a third. The piece hints at an outsider and expects a nomination despite divergent views. It recalls Persons’ 1878 win for the Forty sixth Congress with 13,336 votes against Harrie’s 10,101.
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Cox
Smith
Ti Columbus Enquirer
Persons
H. R. Harrie
Jiumer Nicholson Plans Brief Western City Visit
Jiumer Nicholson will travel to Ton city to see sights, then proceed to New York for a period of shopping for the firm connected with Reaves and Nicholson union and the M. and A. College venture.
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Jiumer Nicholson
Witon City
Ital
Evel
New York
Reaves
Nicho Don - Une Vite Union
Editorial critical of Colquitt faction in Georgia party
The New Orleans Times rebukes Colquitt supporters as sacrificing party harmony for one man power. It accuses the Colquitt-Gordon-Brown faction of wrecking the Democratic party in Georgia and predicts a minority ticket may emerge with broad support from notable state leaders.
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Colquitt
Georgia
Final Democratic effort to unite with Governor Calquitt
A last effort by Mr. Norwood seeks Governor Calquitt's support to urge the State Democratic Executive Committee to call a new convention for nominating a governor candidate. Calquitt declines, leaving the party split while Norwood is praised for his patriotic bid to heal the rift.
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Norwood
Calquitt
State Democratic Executive Committee
Colquitt
Mr Norwood A Georgia Politician and Orator 1830–1871
A tribute from the New Illustrated Universal Cyclopedia by Hon. Alexander Ste phens chronicles Thomas Mason Norwood born in Talbot County Georgia on April 26 1830 educated at Culloden and Emory College later practicing law in Savannah He served in the Georgia legislature 1861 2 as an alternate elector in 1868 and held a six year Senate seat from March 4 1871 with a contested election resolved December 19 1871 He is described as a Democrat and noted for his refined language and scholarly attainments including polished invective in 1870 writings signed Nemesis and his Senate speeches
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House
Insennantee
Washington
Washburn
Donnelly
Georgia
Mason and Dixon
Congress
Blaine
Andrew Johnson
Partizan Sheets
United States Army
Atticus G. Haygood
Wesleyan Christian Advocate
Lexington
New Orleans
Packenham
Everglades
Buena Vista
Chepu
A. H
Norwood
New Illustrated Universal Cyclopedia
Alexander St. Stephens
Thomas Mason Norwood
Talbot County
Culloden
Monroe County
Emory College
Oxford
Savannah
Chatham
Seymour
Blair
United States Senate
Foster Blodgett
Great Man Fallen Heredhel Y Johnson Dies in Jefferson County
A telegram to Hon. A H Stephens at Crawfordville informs of ex Governor Herschel V Johnson’s death at his Jefferson County home last Monday night. The obituary recalls his long career from Georgia politician to U S Senator and Confederate leader, praising his patriotism and public service.
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Union Point
A. H. Stephens
Crawfordville
Heredhel Y. Johnson
Jefferson County
Stephens
Unio
Point
Johnson
Herschel V. Johnson
Burke County
Georgia
United States Senate
State University
United States
Stephen A. Douglas
Confederate States Senate
Union
Israel
Democratic Executive Committee Fails to Unite on Governor Nomination
The State Democratic Executive Committee met in Atlanta on the 17th elected L. N. Trammell as permanent chair and W. T. Newman as secretary. Debates over forming Hancock and English clubs and a proposed September convention to nominate a governor highlighted factional divides. a motion favored by Colquitt supporters was defeated. The body adjourned to meet again on the 26th. A stray note mentions Miss Beckwith, a nineteen year old girl, achieving thirty hours of continuous swimming in the Aquarom in London.
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Thhey
Speer
Hill
Bell
Clarke County
Tilden
Gainesville
Ninth
Franklin County
Executive Committee
Dornier
Thos. Crymes
Alexander S. Erwin
Clarke
McDonald
Clark County
Mes Donald
Judge McDonald
Habersham
Indi Nantly
Habersham County
Lumpkin County
Alexander
Ln Spear
Congress i Lan
Georgia
Alfred H. Colquitt
Democratic Party
Democratic Convention
State
Democratic
Atlanta
L. N. Trammell
W. T. Newman
Hancock
M. W. Lewis
Sete Neemer
Mr. Lewis
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SFA
Io Jeorgia
Percy
Redent
The
United
Col. Hawkins
Colquittite
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Atlanta Daily Post
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